Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2020, Quarter 1
South Africa, 2020
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zaf-statssa-qlfs-2020-q1-v1.0
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- qlfs-2020-q1-worker-v1
Reason why not look for work or start business (Q38RSNNOTSEEK)
Data file: qlfs-2020-q1-worker-v1
Overview
Valid:
301
Invalid:
9698
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
60
loc_end_pos:
61
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 16
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Awaiting the seasonal work | 8 |
2.7%
|
| 2 | Waiting to be recalled to former job | 5 |
1.7%
|
| 3 | Health reasons | 9 |
3%
|
| 4 | Pregnancy | 4 |
1.3%
|
| 5 | Disabled or unable to work (handicapped) | 3 |
1%
|
| 6 | Housewife/homemaker (Family considerations/Child care) | 18 |
6%
|
| 7 | Undergoing training to help find work | 0 |
0%
|
| 8 | No jobs available in the area | 195 |
64.8%
|
| 9 | Lack of money to pay for transport to look for work | 26 |
8.6%
|
| 10 | Unable to find work requiring his/her skills | 4 |
1.3%
|
| 11 | Lost hope of finding any kind of work | 15 |
5%
|
| 12 | No transport available | 0 |
0%
|
| 13 | Scholar or student | 2 |
0.7%
|
| 14 | Retired/ too old to work | 2 |
0.7%
|
| 15 | Too young to work | 2 |
0.7%
|
| 16 | Other reason | 8 |
2.7%
|
| Sysmiss | 9698 |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.